Supplier Leader/Sourcing Specialist
Shanghai City, China
-New products development. Choose one of the current suppliers for new products. Quotation and price negotiation, track on the production, inspection and qualification. The products include castings, forging parts, machined parts, seamless tube, welded tube, alloy bar.-New supplier development. Leading on supplier audit, system registration & input, training, on-boarding, first article development. -Sourcing a local supplier in China. Provide cost, lead time comparison between local supplier and Europe or North American supplier. Leading the qualification process of the supplier. - Sets performance objectives with assigned suppliers (cost reduction, lead time reduction, Quality improvement). Defines baseline, improvement targets and monitors progress through a regularly updated supplier scorecard. - Prepares and leads regular management reviews (Scorecards with main performance indicators, strategic positioning evaluation, 3-year business perspectives, and strategic product/market developments). - Reviews and consolidates internal demand provided by the Centers and arbitrates issues. - Prepares for and manages negotiations in accordance with Group interests. - Selects target tools/products and conducts total cost of integration analysis at tool/product level, including Price, Lead Time and Quality costs. - Leads the supplier risk assessment and ensures regular updates. - Communicates the supplier's strategy and all key events of the relationship to the Category, Sourcing, Supplier Quality teams, and Center Supply Chain Managers. Reports deviations to plan and takes appropriate action to correct direction. - Participates in internal and supplier audits under supervision of the Supply Chain Center Manager.- Identifies opportunities and implements actions to continually reduce wasted time, money and resources from assigned tasks. - Complies with all the company and local procedures applicable to the job function.